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Former "Manchester United" young talent Angel has joined the French club "Lille", which competes in the French championship. The 19-year-old player left the English team after the contract expired in the first week of July. The Englishman signed a five-year contract with the French club. "Lille" club also announced that the player will be loaned to the Portuguese "Boavista" team for the next season. "We are very pleased to welcome Angel Gomes, who joined our club as a free agent. He is a very intelligent player who makes excellent decisions, has great leadership skills, as he showed representing the England youth team. Angel is very young, but has enormous potential. We are very happy to have convinced him to join us," said the general director of "Lille". Manchester United's head coach O.G. Solskjaer still hoped to keep the young player in his ranks, but despite serious interest from Chelsea and Barcelona, the player decided to continue his career in France. 🔴 We're delighted to officially announce the signing of @England U20 attacking midfielder Angel Gomes in a deal that runs until 2025. Angel will spend the 2020/21 campaign on loan at @boavistaoficial. #NewPlayerDetected #MercatoLOSC pic.twitter.com/5qAhWvgrjj - LOSC Lille EN (@LOSC_EN) August 9, 2020
